Tag: health
34 years later, Monsanto’s mysterious mouse tumor study resurfaces
Despite the EPA's ultimate conclusion, the mouse study was among those cited by IARC for classifying glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen.
California’s ‘Medicare for All’ plan clears state senate
“This is a banner day for California, and a moral model for the nation.”
Judge: EPA’s approval of bee-killing pesticides violated federal law
A U.S. District Court judge held that the EPA had unlawfully issued 59 pesticide registrations between 2007 and 2012 for a wide variety of agricultural, landscaping and ornamental uses.
America’s health is in the hands of GOP frat boys
Trump and his Republican allies don’t care about health care. They’re just out to look busy and cut taxes for the rich.
Field test of GMO algae sparks outrage
Billions of taxpayer dollars have been invested in developing algae biofuels that have yet to be commercially viable.
Women’s health is on the chopping block, again
Defunding Planned Parenthood could cause a national health crisis for low-income women – and men, too.
World’s first plastic fishing company wants to rid the oceans of...
The technique has utilized thousands of littered plastic bottles.
Popular farm pesticide found in drinking water
Though the study was exclusive to Iowa, it could have far-reaching effects on the entire U.S.
2017 world health day
Not only individuals need to be cured for their invisible ills, but also society itself is in need of urgent renewal.
It’s official: KFC goes drug-free to fight superbug crisis
The transition to responsible antibiotics use in the chicken industry has happened in the span of just four years, proving that where there is a will, there is a way.
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Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds
The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors
KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year
Gaza newborn dies of hypothermia as Israel continues to block lifesaving aid
A two-week-old infant’s death amid winter storms underscores mounting warnings from UN agencies that blocked shelter, destroyed hospitals, and widespread hunger are making exposure deadly for Gaza’s youngest residents.
Bird flu keeps spreading on a Utah mink farm as officials hold off on...
Seven mink have tested positive on C&T Fenn Farms, and no federal rules cover sick mink, ProPublica reports; Utah has issued a verbal hold instead of a formal quarantine.
How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement
Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.